ECONOMIC - TRADE, STRATEGIC RAW MATERIALS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700210214-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 10, 2002
• Sequence Number: 214
• Publication Date: March 18, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTED
SECURITY INFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
COUNTRY China; Macao
SUBJECT Economic - Trade, strategic raw materials
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PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Hanoi
DATE
PUBLISHED 2, 3 Nov 1952
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T'ai-p'ing-yang Jih-pao.
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
COMMUNIST CHINA SEEKS TO OFFSET MACAO'S RE-EXPORT BAN
summary: This report presents a resume of a lengthy article on
Communist China's plans to counterbalance Macao's ban on the re-export
of strategic raw materials arriving in the Portugu-;P colony. The
article appeared in two installments in thL.Hanoi pro-KMT T'ai-ping-
yang Jih-ps.o on 2 and 3 November 19,2.
Numbers in parentheses refer to appended characters]
The Macao government's announcement in September 1952 that it will impose
new export control measures to prohibit the re-export of vital materials im-
ported by local firms and factories resulted in continuous efforts of the Chin-
ese Communists to insure a steady flow of strategic materials into Communist
China from Macao.
The new regulation, effective 2 October, requires application for import
permits, giving detailed information as to the source and intended use of the
material, certification by the importer that the goods will not be re-exported,
and systematic records from warehouses showing incoming and outgoing stock.
Communist trade agencies in Macao are doing their utmost to secure per-
mits to import raw materials from Hong Kong and other sources. Hol.ever, be-
cause they must guarantee that the raw materials will not be re-exported, they
are, in the meantime, endeavoring to bring about conditions under which raw
materials may again be shipped openly to Communist territory: Evidence of this
attempt is most obvious in the verbal attacks which the Hon;, Kong pro-Communist
press directed at the Macao government for "obeying US imperialist orders," and
in the concurrent hike of prices in Canton on imported raw materials. The rub-
ber stockpile in Canton, for example, has jumped in value from 3.8 million yuan to
4.65 million yuan since the new Macao regulation went into effect.
Another step Communist China has taken to secure a continuous supply of
raw materials from Hong Kong and Macao is the establishment of collecting sta-
tions on certain small islands near Hong Kong and Macao. According to persons
familiar with smuggling routec, since September 1.9132 when the new regulation
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was announced collecting stations have been set up at the following points: on
several of the Wan-shan-ch'un-tao islands, on Nan-t'ou of Pao-an Usien, on
Wan-tzu {1! of Chung-shan Haien, and on islands directly opposite Macao.
Macao's new export regulation constituted a heavy blow to Communist China.
Prior to its implementation, according to persona in the import-export business,
Communist China received 70 percent of all Macao's imports from Hong Kong. But
Macao harbor control authorities report a sharp decline -- from a daily average
of 300 tons down to 110 tons -- in raw material imports from Hong Kong since the
new law was promulgated.
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